KCNA on Changes in Area of Mt. Paektu
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)
Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Five decades have passed since leader Kim Jong Il started the study tour of revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt. Paektu. The first study tour of the area organized by him in June Juche 45 (1956) was a great action which solemnly declared before the era his firm faith and will to defend and glorify forever the revolutionary traditions established by President Kim Il Sung and a historic event of weighty significance in keeping the continuity of the Korean revolution started in Paektu forests.
Kim Jong Il has since worked heart and soul to turn Ryanggang Province into a grand seat of education in the revolutionary traditions.
He visited the province on nearly 40 occasions in last five decades.
He visited the Monument to the Victorious Battle of Pochonbo 10 times from July Juche 57 (1968) to Juche 61 (1972).
He opened the course for "250-mile journey for learning" while giving on-the-spot guidance to the province in July Juche 57 (1968), and published his famous work "Let Us Build Up This Revolutionary Battle Site" to give guidelines that should be maintained in building up the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt. Paektu.
When visiting Lake Samji on July 4, Juche 65 (1976) he located the site of the statue of Kim Il Sung and clarified the orientation and way of building a grand monument. And he gave teachings over 200 times in all to guide in detail its building from its formation and design to structure, representation and construction.
His on-the-spot guidance to the work of the revolutionary battle sites in the area in March Juche 89 (2000) marked an epochal turning point in sprucing up the area as a holy land of revolution.
Great changes have been made in building up the area for five decades.
Many revolutionary battle sites and historic sites were discovered in the 1960s and 1970s, starting in Juche 47 (1958).
In the latter of the 1980s the secret camp of Mt. Paektu was found in Sobaeksu Valley and restored to its original state. This was an auspicious event of special significance in carrying forward the revolutionary traditions.
In the days of researching and discovering the revolutionary historic materials at least 1,100 pieces of revolutionary relics including Kim Il Sung's celebrated work "The Ten-Point Programme of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland", an original material in the period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, were collected, 230 revolutionary historic buildings ascertained and more than 360 trees bearing revolutionary slogans found.
A brisk drive was conducted to build up revolutionary battle sites and historic sites in the area of Mt. Paektu in step with the rapid progress in the work of discovering and ascertaining the revolutionary relics.
A statue of Kim Il Sung was erected in the Pochonbo revolutionary battle site in November Juche 73 (1984). And his statues and statues of Kim Jong Suk, woman general of Mt. Paektu, were built in Phophyong, Sinpha and other areas to suit the revolutionary historic content there and monuments to autographic ode and propositions of Kim Il Sung in the secret camp of Mt. Paektu, more than 360 monuments in revolutionary battle sites and historic sites.
The work of preserving the revolutionary relics has been improved to meet realistic conditions.
Paektu House has been built in the area of Mt. Paektu so as to contribute to the education in revolutionary traditions. Fine granite stairs down to Lake Chon of Mt. Paektu for expeditionary groups were built and a pavement road to the top of the mountain made with 437,500 stones. Other roads to revolutionary battle sites and historic sites have been built.
More than 63.5 million people of all strata visited the revolutionary battle sites and historic sites of the area in last five decades.
At least 210,000 Koreans overseas and more than 120,000 foreigners visited them.
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